On 2003-11-17 13:45, FLOUNDERart wrote:I think I'm going to go with fresh water for the tank. I have enough of a hard time keeping myself healthy let alone a mess of salt water fish.

I don't know squat about fish, but if you go with fresh water you should think about stocking it with Japanese Koi. Some of the old tiki bars have Koi fish ponds. The Aku Tiki Inn has a Koi pond and a little bridge you walk over to go inside the restaurant.
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On 2003-11-17 13:45, FLOUNDERart wrote:Hey Kono, I think I may have been at your favorite antique store yesterday. The one dealer has about 8 to 10 tiki mugs. To pricey for me though. All the mugs were around $15-$20 a piece. 2 Trader Vic coconuts, Kon Tiki S&P, Al Harrington mug, 3 or 4 more mugs...Sound about right? If its not the same place and your interested I'll tell you where they are.
Half the battle is finding them at a good price. Don't like buying mugs that have already been found unless their cheap.

Yeah, that's the place. Where there any wood tikis or did someone buy them all up?? That's the place I got the 14" Tahitian tiki and the Bora Bora tiki. I thought it was kinda expensive but I'm starting to think $30 for that 14incher (no jokes please) was pretty good. Last time I was there, there was a carved wooden Hawaiian bowl supported by two figures and a Cook Island tiki. I kinda wanted to go back and get one or both of them but that's the way it goes if they're gone. Twice I've been since that dealer started and he seems to get new stuff in on a regular basis (well, twice anyway). Only had about five mugs two weeks ago. Didja buy anything??

Yeah, those mugs are way too much. I got my two Al Harrington's for a buck each at Savers on OBT. All those mugs I can get cheaper on ebay incl shipping.

Kailuageoff: The Mai Kai apts are apparently old. See Hot Lava's post above, he remembers them from 20yrs ago.

Are koi edible?? They're carp so if you think carp's edible...(some people do)

I didn't see any wood tikis. The hawaiian bowl was still there, it was the only thing I even thought about buying. I bought alot of stuff in there a few years back when I was living in Orlando but it was much cheaper. Do you have a big collection of mugs? Maybe we could trade if you want. I come into Orlando one or two times a week.

I forgot about the Mai Kai apartments, I think the only thing they have is the Moai in the front.
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On 2003-11-17 18:32, FLOUNDERart wrote:I bought alot of stuff in there a few years back when I was living in Orlando but it was much cheaper. Do you have a big collection of mugs? Maybe we could trade if you want. I come into Orlando one or two times a week.

I only have low rent commoner type mugs. The Bali Hai is my only respectable mug and ya ain't gettin' it. The rest are Leilanis and Orchids, other common types and new ones. But I love 'em all! No Shags or limited editions or even any bar mugs (except the Bali Hai and some TV coconuts). I don't understand why I haven't found a Hawaiian Inn mug since Daytona's so close. Ah well...they're all in Georgia I guess.

You can still find cheap stuff at that antique mall. I just got a CcJoe's ashtray for two bucks and two weird little wood tikis for two bucks each and an oil on canvas of Diamondhead for $20. Some dealers are much more reasonable than others.

I've been needing to head over to your neck of the woods. I haven't been in quite some time. There's a quirky little cheap antique store I like and believe it or not, I've had some good luck at the Salvation Army over there. It'll probably have to wait till after Thanksgiving though.

30" life preserver, 3 Toby mugs, large lantern, and huge glass float! (for size reference, that is a quarter placed on the net, center of float!)

Hey Pup, did you get those at the LB Flea market? I went Sunday and saw those giant floats $120!!!! I hope you talked them down.

I found a hanging rattan chair with stand $40.00 (down from $75.00-end of day-he didn't want to drag it home) Not in the best shape and had been painted dark brown. I planned on painting my existing one a dark brown as it is outside and the paint would help protect it from the weather. So I'll paint them both and the better one will go in my living room with the stand. The dark brown will go with my dark Witco and rattan couch.
I also scored a real leopard fur purse $13.00 I don't think she knew it was real, but I know my furs, plus it's illegal to sell real leopard. (Yea, yea, I know it's not PC but I have other real vintage exotic pieces from long before I was here!) and a sweet leopard print jacket. Found some good deals on large shells for my almost life size mermaid I scored at an estate sale. She was in real bad shape but I used left over spray paint and she's beautiful now. I'll post pics soon!

PUP,If you were there did you see the tornado? I kid you not, my friend said, "look at all the swirling trash" so I turned around to see about 5 large handled shopping bags and a bunch of peanuts swirling around in the sky. It touched down and picked up a venders easy-up a few feet, put it back crooked and swirled off with some more bags! One of the strangest things I've ever seen, people were talking about it the rest of the day.

I don't know squat about fish, but if you go with fresh water you should think about stocking it with Japanese Koi.

Don't get koi -- they're small and cute when you buy them but they will eventually get too large for the tank. Also, you'll go broke feeding them!

--cindy, keeper of three freshwater aquariums

I say get koi! Koi only grow to their environment, they will not out grow a tank. You just can't get too many fish (a rule for any kind of fish) Koi won't hide like tropical fresh water fish, they don't require a heater, they are clean and don't need a complicated filter system. You can buy food in bulk (seasonal food, growth food, and general purpose food) They beg like dogs and will come to eat out of your hand eventually. I only feed mine a small handful every few days.

I have and outdoor 80 gal. tank with 4 Koi and 3 cray fish (who clean up after the koi) My oldest, big daddy, is about 7 and 6-7" long. He has lived through a move and an over-feeding pet sitter (caused a disease which killed most-I gave them salt baths to heal)

As a scuba diver, I will not keep a salt water tank. I attended a coral reef study on an island in the Bahamas and learned that some salt water fish will not breed in captivity so they are harvested off the reef, sometimes with the use of explosives which stunn the fish for collection. Although beautiful, tanks are also hard to start and very expensive.

When I fill my indoor tank, I plan on getting nothing but koi and a blue cray fish.
Good luck with your tank and sweet find!

Hey Pup, did you get those at the LB Flea market? I went Sunday and saw those giant floats $120!!!! I hope you talked them down.

I found a hanging rattan chair with stand $40.00 (down from $75.00-end of day-he didn't want to drag it home).....

PUP,If you were there did you see the tornado? I kid you not, my friend said, "look at all the swirling trash" so I turned around to see about 5 large handled shopping bags and a bunch of peanuts swirling around in the sky. It touched down and picked up a venders easy-up a few feet, put it back crooked and swirled off with some more bags! One of the strangest things I've ever seen, people were talking about it the rest of the day.

I'm a faithful attendee of the montly LB flea market...!

I got a price on the float that I'm happy with... those really large floats are very hard to come by, and they weren't the cheap thin glass ones with jute twine netting. Heavy (30lbs) hand blown blue glass, with Japanese makers mark on the 'button', this float was meant for the fishing industry, not a repro for decoration. That seller only makes it out to LB a couple times a year.

I saw the hanging basket chair, and pondered it for a moment, but passed it up. At least it went to a good home!

On 2003-11-19 00:25, SES wrote:Koi live to be 200 years old and get HUGE.
It would be cruel to put them in a small environment like that.
They are really beautiful and friendly.

Like I said, Koi grow only to their environment! It is o.k to keep them in an aquarium, and they only live to 200 in exceptional cases.

Here's a link to a Koi fact sheet- get the facts. There is a koi farm near me (maybe you too)and they are always willing to give information. Also if anyone is local, the Disneyland Hotel has large ponds filled with huge koi. They let people feed them by hand at two daily feeding times. It's really fun! Makes for a great afternoon, cocktails and koi feeding.
http://www.vcnet.com/koi_net/asahi1.html

On 2003-11-19 04:13, laney wrote: and they only live to 200 in exceptional cases.

Exceptional like without human intervention.
Just because it's possible to do something does not mean it's good to do so.

I have 4 fishtanks and an outdoor pond. At one point I had over 200 fancy goldfish. Been traveling more now so I only have my frogs indoors now and the fish are in the pond. My faves were blue lionheads and panda dragoneyes.
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